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Undercover Scumbag (2018)
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A Stare Bound in Stone (2018)
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Of Stone, Wind, & Pillor (Remastered) (2021)
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Father's Face was a progressive and heavy metal quintet from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, originally conceived by guitarist and vocalist Alessandro Marques. The band set out to craft conceptual albums inspired by classic horror literature, with their first project drawing from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Their discography includes Herald of the End and Soundtrack for a Closing Light before the band split up.
Fathom is a doom/sludge metal band from Amsterdam, formed in 2018. They plumb the depths suggested by their name, delivering heavy, oppressive doom and sludge from the Dutch capital's thriving underground metal scene.
Fathom Life is a progressive metal/rock band from Ulricehamn in western Sweden, formed in 2018. They explore progressive metal's compositional depth from the quiet Vastergotland countryside between Gothenburg and Jonkoping.
Fathomhell is a black metal band from Cuenca, Spain, formed in 2013. The band conjures abyssal black metal from the dramatic gorge-straddling Castilian city.
Fathomless Misery is an atmospheric black metal project from England, formed in 2015. The project creates expansive, despairing atmospheric black metal.
Fatigue is a black/doom metal project originating between Poland and the United Kingdom, formed in 2013 and now based solely in Poland. They channel exhaustion and spiritual weariness through the heavy, deliberate pace of doom metal darkened by black metal's bleak atmosphere.
Fatima is a stoner/doom metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2010. The band delivers heavy stoner and doom grooves from the French capital.
Fatimah is a melodic black metal project from Brussels, Belgium, formed in 2022. Their releases "Waves of Fatimah" and "Mortui Redierunt" present music made, in their words, "by and for the lost souls of this vale of tears," blending melody with an occult, mystical atmosphere.
Fattyu is a black metal, ambient, and dungeon synth project from Kunszentmarton, Hungary, active since 2018 and blending black metal with medieval fantasy-tinged ambient and dungeon synth. The project creates immersive dark soundscapes from the Hungarian Plains.
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